5th Annual Roadworks Street Fair and Steamroller Printing Sat. Sep 20, 2008 12 noon to 5 pm on De Haro Street between 16th and 17th streets
Gala and Auction Fri. Nov 7, 7pm-10pm This is a ticketed event. Information will be available after August 1.
Above: Linoleum for the Four Oceans Press entry for Roadworks - a collaboration by Kathe, Heather & Mark..
Below: Idea for original drawing
A video about the Roadworks event made for the San Francisco Bay Guardian with Carmel Wroth and Rhyan Coombs.
The video below is the Four Oceans Press collaborative print being Steam-rolled.
Above: Melissa West's linoleum "Open Season" inked and ready to print. Below: Melissa labeling the back of her lino, a volunteer carrying the inked print off to be steam-rolled, laying the paper in place and pulling the print.
Above: Our Four Oceans Press print being pulled. It was a collaboration by Kathe Welch, Heather Piazza & Mark Knot. The print on the left is by Patricia Wakida. Below and Right: A sequence of our print being inked, laid down, steam-rolled and sold.
Above: The Steamroller backing over nine prints at a time. Below: Kathe's print being inked and prepared with eight other 12" x 12" Linoleums to go under the steamroller and then being carried off to the drying table.
San Quentin State Prison printmaking students of Katya McCulloch and Art Hazelwood. the William James Association, Prison Arts Project. Click to read more.
Above: Heather taking a close up shot of the prints laid out on the ground.
Below: The steamroller getting ready to drive forward over a large print.
Bottom: 'Freedom' freshly pulled with the linoleum laying on the ground.
Below: Rik Olsen's print "Journey to the Center of...Opps...Oh Hell"